CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES -
43rd YEAR, NO. 41. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGHB MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
, 804 Aradall St
City
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Honduran Freighter Breaks Up on Beach
The Omar Buban of Porto Cortex, Honduras, was a victim of last
weekend's storm which lashed the central Atlantic coast. Coming
ashore in the breeches buoy is Seaman Rudolph Stamps. The capUin
and 13 crewmen were rescued by the Coast Guard. The vessel has
been termed a total loss. <AP Wire photo).
Residents of thij are* have bee:,
making trips to the outer banks
this week to view the wreck of the
Omar Buban, Honduran freighter
which is breaking up in the surf
north of Hatteras. The freighter
went aground early Friday morn
ing.
All men aboard were saved after
chief boatswain, Edward B. Mid
gett, USCG, waded into the surf
and flred a shoulder gun which put
a life line aboard. About half an
hour later the captain and 13 crew
men were safe on the beach.
The Omar Babun hit the beach
three miles north of Rodanthe. The
1,275-ton vessel was bound for Ha
vana from Philadelphia loaded with
heavy machinery and cement. It
tried to battle winds blowing at 65
miles, an hour. Shifting cargo car
ried away deck supports and open
ed seams in the sides.
The captain, Jose Villa, hoped to
find an anchorage but with the
seas growing higher, he ordered
the vessel beached.
The crew was taken to Oregon
Inlet Coast Guard station where
they were fed and given dry cloth
ing. They remained there until
customs and immigration officials
arrived.
Thursday and Friday's storm
brought more than three inches of
rain to the county, but the coastal
area south of here was harder hit
than the Carteret coast.
Wrightsville Beach, which bore
the brunt of winds and unusually
high tides late Thursday night and
early Friday morning, sustained
damage that may run higher than
that caused by Hurricane Barbara
last August.
Rough waters of the Atlantic
swept under beach-front cottages
at Wrightsville Beach and Carolina
Beach and badly damaged two fish
ing piers.
The Luna Pier at the southern
end of Wrightsville Beach was
stripped of its "tee" at the end
and lost other sections of the 1.000
yard long structure which had just
been extended a short time ago.
At Wilmington Beacb, a pier still
under construction lost approxi
mately 150 feet from its outer end
and also some construction equip
ment on the pier.
Only minor repairs to the pier
at Surf City were necessary.
Piers at Carolina Beach, Fort
Fisher and Kure Beach were re
ported Friday as having been un
damaged.
There were dozens of small craft
either sunken at their moorings or
torn loose during the storm.
Vessels disabled during the un
expected blow included the Ethel
B, a 1,200-ton Cuban tanker which
was aided by the Coast Guard when
her steering gear was damaged; the
Linda S, a trawler from Belhaven
which was disabled at the mouth of
the Bay River in Pamlico Sound
and further north in Virginia the
ferryboat Berkley was taken in tow
by the Coast Guard Cutter Mohican.
Two Pupils Hurt
In Bike Accident
Pamela Hassell, 12 - year - old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Has
sell. Highland Park, and William
Van* Noe, 7-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Noe, West Beau
fort, were injured in a bicycle ac
cident at Beaufort School Tuesday
afternoon.
The accident occurred on the
paved road behind the school a
short time after school was dis
missed.
Pamela and a friend, Joanne Al
len, were walking along the street
toward the highway when William,
on his bicycle ran into them. The
girls were facing the bike. Pamela
was knocked to the ground and her
mouth cut by the handle bars. One
tooth was knocked out and two
were sheared off at the gums. Five
stitches were required to close a
gash in her upper lip.
William Vance had a head in
Jury. He was able to continue
home on his bike but Pamela was
knocked unconscious. She was
taken to the doctor's by a woman
in the neighborhood who was told
of the accident by Joanne.
B. EL Tarkington. principal, said
that William was evidently looking
in a direction other than that in
which he was riding.
Fire Threatens
Beaufort Dock
A gasoline pump w as damaged
and the dock scorched during a
fire at the rear of the Texaco
warehouse on Front Street, Beau
fort at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday
Prompt action by warehouse em
ployees and Beaufort firemen pre
vented the short-lived blase from
becoming serious.
Workmen were repairing a ser
vice station gasoline pump on the
wharf behind the warehouse when
a spark ignited gasoline in the
pump. Flames raced along the
wooden wharf snd flared up feed
er pipes to the roof of the ware
house. ?
Employees quickly dashed for
Carbon dioxide extinguishers and
turned in an alarm from box 10.
In a matter of minutes the fire de
partment arrived and the blase
was brought under control.
A huge claud of smoke could be
seen from Aon and Broad streets.
During the height of the fire wor
ried crewmen of the Tenderheart,
a menhaden beat tied at Um dock,
chopped loose the mooring lines
and moved the boat into Taylor's
Creek out of danger.
The PTA of Smyrna School will
give a clambake at 7 o'clock Satur
day Bight at the school A square
dance will follow in .(he school
gym. rroceadi will go to the PTA.
Bridge Tournament Will
Begin at 2 This Afternoon
The second annual Atlantic
Beach Tournament, sponsored by
the Carteret County Bridge League,
gets underway at 2 o'clock this
afternoon at the Dunes Club, west
of Atlantic Beach.
Defending champions will be:
women's pairs, Mrs. D. L. Lewis,
New Bern, Mrs. W. R. Windes,
Raleigh; men's pairs, Edward Dix
on, Morehead City, Dorsey Martin,
Beaufort; mixed pairs, Mrs. Aline
Davis, John Pavone, both of More
head City; open pairs, H. Frank
Owen and H. S. Hemrick, Kinston;
team-of-four, Mrs. D. J Lewis,
New Bern; Laeke Lenti, Raleigh;
Mrs. E. J. Powe Sr. and W. W.
Elliott, Durham.
Men's pairs and women's pairs
will play at 2 o'clock this afternoon
and mixed pairs at 8 o'clock to
night. Two open pair sessions will
take place tomorrow, at 2 p.m. and
8 p.m. A special session, open to
any pair, will begin at 8; IS p.m.
A free boat ride and fishing trip
is scheduled for participants in the
tournament Sunday morning from
8 a.m. to noon.
There will be two sessions for
open teams-of-four Sunday at 1
p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The American Contract Bridge
League will award master points in
each event. Prizes will be award
ed winners in all events and to the
runners-up in two-session events.
Wallace Jones, Richmond, Va.,
will direct the tournament. Per
sons are expected from Virginia
as well as up-state points in this
state.
Members of the Carteret County
Bridge League executive commit
tee are Mrs. George Eastman,
chairman. Miss Laeke Lentz, W. B.
Woodson, Frank Owens, W. H. Hol
derness, Mrs. Garvin May, Miss Sal
lie Boyce.
Herbert Gerst, Bryan Broadfoot,
Miss Grace Lucas, Dr. W. W. El
liott, Mrs. D. J. Lewis and Dr.
Charles Duffy.
Cecil Guthrie
Leaves Jail
Cecil Guthrie. Morehead City,
found guilty in Morehead City Re
corder's Court Monday on a chargc
of peeping, escaped from the coun
ty jail in Beaufort Tuesday after
noon.
Evidently Guthrie just walked out
Deputy Sheriff Em Chaplain said
yesterday, "Somebody left the door
open." The Morehead City police
were notified of Guthrie's absenc
at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday. He had not
been found by press time yester
day.
'He was arrested in March and
April and convicted each time of
peeping. He was out under a total
$2,250 bond. On Monday Judge
George McNeill set bond at $2,500
when Guthrie was found guilty the
third time on a peeping charge.
For the third time Guthrie gave
notice of appeal.
When he could not po?t the
$2,900 bond he was taken to the
county jail.
People Should Consult Family
Doctor Before Buying Insurance
(Editor's Note: The following it"
a release from the public relations
committee of the County Medical
Society).
The problem of hospitalization
and health and accident insurance
i* one of steadily increasing impor
tance as more and more people are
realizing that good hospitalization
and health insurance will take the
major part of the burden ' off a
family in case of serious and pro
longed illness.
Many people have been buying
Capitalization insurance for the
past several years but unfortunate
ly many of them have been disap
pointed in the type of insurance to
which they subscribed.
As In any type of health, accident
or honpital insurance one of the
first requirements that a person
should insist upon in a policy is
that this policy be non-cancellable;
that is. that the company will not
cancel the policy just because the
policy-holder happens to have a
critical illnesa such as heart dis
ease or canccr.
So many policies are on the mar
ket today that it is difficult for
an individual to properly evaluate
the policy or the company telling
the policy without seeking advice
from someone. It it unfortunate
that many persons have subscribed
and then consulted their family
physicians and found out to their
sorrow that they have taken a pol
icy with a company which la not
all that it ahpald be.
Many others have had their in
surance cancelled Just when they
needed It moat. Many policy hold
S?e INSURANCE, Pa ge t
The Rev. Samuel S. Moore
Accepts Morehead Charge
Negro Dies
At Hospital
A Negro, William Garrett, died
at Morehead City Hospital Wed
nesday. Picked up by Morehead
City police Monday, May 10, on a
charge of vagrancy, Garrett was
told to leave town.
But he was picked up again the
following morning. Police then
took him to the edge of town and
told him to be on his way. That
night they received a telephone
call from Mrs. R. C. Blanchard, 106
Noyes Ave., reporting that a color
ed man was in the neighborhood
acting strangely.
The man proved to be Garrett
and he was then taken to the coun
ty Jail. A. H. James, clerk of Su
perior Court, said that Garrett
should be taken to the hospital and
he was admitted that night
He died there Wednesday. Be
cause no kin can to traced the
body-has bean (kipped to Duke
Medical School where It can to
claimed within 10 days.
? The Board of Stewards of Frank
tin Memorial Methodist Church,
Morehead City, has announced ap
pointment of the Rev. Samuel S.
Moore, New Bern, as pastor of the
church.
This is Mr. Moore's first pastor
ate in the East Carolina Confer
ence. He has been preaching, when
requested, in churches in the New
Bern area.
Mr. Moore will be installed a>
pastor June 1 and expects to ar
rive in Morehead City June 15 with
his family. He succeeds the Rev
H. T. Payne who has moved to
Mississippi.
Mr. Moore conducted the morn
ing service at the Franklin Mem
orial Methodist Church last Sun
day. He will continue to conduct
the Sunday morning service until
taking up permanent residence
here.
Laymen will conduct the even
ing services until June IB.
Ufa* Changed Avjia
Morehead City police aakl yester
day that the stop signs at 38th
street and Arendell, after b?ing
changed as announced In Tuesday's
NEWS-TIMES have been put hack
In their original position. AS of
yesterday, east-west traffic was
being stopped.
Officials, School Principals
Comment on Court Ruling
Morehead City Hospital
Installs New Equipment
Defendant
Pays $50, Costs
On Liquor Count
William Batson Put Under
Suspended Sentence
For Selling Whiskey
Theodore Johnson, Beaufort
RFD, was found guilty Tuesday in
County Recorder's Court of pos
sessing non-tax paid whiskey.
Judge Lambert Morris fined him
$50 and costs.
Johnson was arrested May 7 and
charged with possessing and trans
porting bootleg whiskey. The ar
resting officer was Highway Pa
trolman W. J. Smith.
Patrolman Smith told the court
that he stopped Johnson and asked
him if it was all right to look in
his car. He said Johnson gave
him permission, but that the trunk
was locked.
Patrolman Smith suggested that
Johnson force the trunk open, but
he objected, telling Patrolman
Smith to get a search warrant.
When the patrolman started to
radio for a warrant Johnson
jumped in his car and ran it into
a field. Patrolman Smith testified
Johnson then jumped out of the
car and ran.
Whiskey Found
Patrolman Smith and Marshall
Ayscue, ABC officer, found whit
key in the trunk of Johnson's car
after is was taken into custody.
Johnson told the court that he
didn't know any whiskey was In
the car. He said that a friend,
Martin Davis, had the key to the
trunk.
He said the first he knew about
the whiskey was when the car hit
a bump rnd the lid flew open on
his way into the field. He said
he took a look and ran.
After hearing the evidence,
Judge Morris found Johnson guil
ty of possession and passed sen
tence.
William Batson, living on the
Swajuboro-Morehead City highway,
was sentenced to a year on the
roads to be suspended if he stops
selling whiskey in the county. Bat
son was charged with selling whis
key that had been bought at an
ABC store.
The whiskey was sold to Sher
iff Hugh Salter, according to tes
timony. Batson kept pleading with
Judge Morris for a break. The
udge said Batson had promised
o quit selling whiskey the last
time he was in court and didn't
deserve a break, but he finally de
cided to give him a suspended sen
tence.
Batson said, "You will? Good
boy! Good boy!" all the while
patting Judge Morris's hand.
Pays lit, Costs
Maurice King Smith, charged
with reckless driving, was ordered
to pay $10 and costs on an amend
ed charge of following too closely.
Smith was cited by Highway Pa
trolman W. E. Pickard May 10 after
a three-car collision on Atlantic
Beach causeway.
Kenneth Lee Best was fined (100
and costs on a drunk driving
charge, which he appealed. Bond
was set at $100.
The state decided not to press
charges against William Alston,
charged with improper use of deal
er plates.
Bond* Forfeited
Edward Jones and Ellwood Low
ry forfeited bonds when they failed
to appear in court. Jone* was
charged with public drunkenness
and Lowry was charged wtth fail
ing to grant right of way.
Coats were ordered paid in the
cases of Glenn Leonard Ferguson,
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Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW |
Friday, May 21
10:13 a.m. 4:22 a.m. |
10:31 p.m. 4:14 p.m.
Hatmrday, May 22
10:95 a.m. 5:02 a.m. I
11:16 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Suaday, Nay 2J
11:43 a.m. 5:45 a.m. I
5:54 p.m.
Maaday, May 24
12:06 a m. 6:34 a.m. I
12:38 p.m. 6:56 p.m.
?nwaday. May 25
1:52 a.m. 7:2T a.m.
1:40 f.m. 8 0S p.m
i
k The installation of new diagnos
tic X-ray equipment for the More
head City Hospital was completed
Thursday, Hoyle L. Greene, hospi
tal administrator, announced. The
new equipment was purchased by
the hospital Board of Trustees in
keeping with the policy of main
taining the most modern ami com
plete equipment available, com
mented Mr. Greene.
Dr. William H. Bell Jr., hospital
radiologist, said he considers the
unit one of the most complete and
up-to-date available.
"The equipment embodies two
rotating anode radiographic tubes
with 200 MA operation. There is
a motor driven tilt table complete
with spot film device and recipro
cating bucky diaphram grid. At
the same time, completely new
dark room equipment was in
stalled," explained Mr. Greene.
The cost of purchase and instal
lation of the equipment is in excess
of $10,000. It enables hospital per
sonnel to perform any diagnostic
X-ray examination that might be
desired by physicians in this area,
Mr. Greene concluded.
Woman Drowns
In Bogue Sound
Miss Essie Neal Ward, 48, daugh
ter of Mrs. Belle Ward, Fairmont,
drowned in Bogue Sound sometime
early Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were conducted
at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
at the Prevatte Funeral Home,
Fairmont. Burial was in the Fair
mont Cemetery.
Miss Ward, a teacher for many
years, was reported missing to the
sheriff's office at 11:30 Tuesday
morning. Her body was found In
Bogtro Sound in the vicinity of Ho
Ho Village at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
by Sheriff Hugh Salter and Deputy
Sheriffs M. M. Ayscue and Ormsby
Mann.
The time of her death was placed
between 1 a.m. and 6 o'clock that
morning, according to Coroner
Leslie D. Springle.
Surviving besides Miss Ward's
mother are two sisters, Mrs. R. D.
Foe, Apex; Mrs. W. J. Calhoun,
Clinton; two brothers. B. R. Ward,
Goldsboro, and John K. Ward, Wil
mington.
Car Damaged
A panel truck owned by Nelson
Seafood Co., New Bern, backed
into a car driven by Mrs. Willian
E. Guthrie, 1008 Shepard St., More
head City, Tuesday morning. Dam
age to the car was estimated at
$12, according to a report filed
by Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police department.
The accident occurred on S. 10th
street.
The county superintendent of schools, chairman of the
County Board of Commissioners, mayors of Beaufort and
Morehead City and Negro school principals yesterday
voiced their opinions on the Supreme Court's decision
against segregation.
H. L. Joslyn, county school superintendent, remarked
that "we'll go on as is" for the present.
He stated candidly that he didn't know what will happen
except that the only change "might be in GUI' building
program."
The county school official said he has not yet received
a communication from state education officials regarding
the school program and said he doubted that any would be
forthcoming until after the State Board of Education meet
ing in June.
Mr. Joslyn has been called to Raleigh for a conference
Tuesday on the proposed expendi
ture of state school bond money in
this county. Mr. Joslyn's sugges
tions for spending the money are
already in the hands of school plan
ning officials.
He described his proposals as
calling for use of all the money
allotted to this county and then
some. The first two projects call
for increasing facilities at the
Queen Street School and Beaufort
School.
Mr. Joslyn summed up his atti
tude toward the Supreme Court
ruling with the words. "Frankly,
we're going to go ahead sawing
wood as we have been and await
developments."
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman
of the County Board of Commis
sioners, said in regard to the non-'
segregation ruling, "I've seen it
coming all the time. I didn't see
how we could stave it off. I'm a
believer in states rights and be
lieve that the federal government
ought not to step in and pass laws
that invade the state's privileges."
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort,
said an attitude of resentment
against the decision was notably
absent in Beaufort. While he said
that the Negroes would probably
be just as well satisfied with well
equipped schools and better educa
tion facilities, he expressed the
opinion that "everything will work
out ail rijjV "
Objects to Force
L. R. Johnson, principal of the
Negro Queen Street School, Beau
fort, said that he felt "cramming
non - segregation down people's
throats" was not the best way to
deal with the situation. He said he
felt education of the people would
work things out more advantage
ously. "Forcing things always cre
ates problems," he added.
He said it has been the feeling
of students that if they could be
given the supplies and equipment
to work with they could gain,
through their own efforts, the re
spect of all peoples.
He added that some of the par
ents feel that if non-segregation
"has to happen" in the schools,
they'll cooperate.
S. R. McLendon. principal of the
W. S. King School, Beaufort, said
the Supreme Court decision was
"not a whole lot to worry about."
Some folks, he added, are working
See SEGREGATION, Page 2
Burl Ives Arrives Here
Burl Ivei, famous linger of
American balladi and lolk aonga,
docked at Morehead City at 6
o'clock yesterday morning aboard
hia yacht, Abaco Queen. Mr. Ivaa
Is traveling north from Miami to
New York City.
With him la a crewman and
Robert Simpaon, formerly o I More
bead City. Mn. lvea wa? expected
by Jerry Bchumactor
to arrive in Morebead City from
New York yesterday. While here,
the Ivei will be the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry 8chumscher.
Mr. Schumacher did publicity
shots (or Mr. Ives in Miami last
winter and alao worked on film
featuring the famous ballad singer.
The Abaco Queen is docked at the
More bead City Yacht Basin.
Health Officials
Give Mosquito
Control Advice
Charles White and D. F. Ashton
of the State Board of Health spoke
Monday night to representatives of
eastern communities on mosquito
control in the county.
The meeting was called by the
Sea Level Community Chamber of
Commerce at Smyrna School. J. A.
DuBois, manager of the chamber,
said 12 of the 16 communities in
the chamber were represented as
well as the Beaufort and Morehead
City Chambers of Commerce.
Dr. Grady Cooke, Morehead City,
chairman of the county mosquito
control committee, was present and
offered to serve in an advisory ca
pacity on mosquito control work.
$250 Voted
Representatives of the commun
ities voted unanimously to take
action to control mosquitoes and
appropriated $250 of chamber
funds to buy chemicals and equip
ment for spraying.
The communities decided to
work in groups, for example, At
lantic, Cedar Island, Sea Level,
Stacy might be one group, ex
plained Mr. DuBois, Marshallberg,
Smyrna and Williston another, etc.
Mr. White, head of the rodent
and insect control division, and
Mr. Ashton, entomologist, said
that a truck or a car could, be eas
ily equipped with removable spray
ing equipment and at minimum
cost.
Any Control Helps
With each community traveling
its highways and roads spraying,
a lot of mosquitoes will be killed
and killing only as many as several
hundred would prevent the lay
ing of millions of eggs, the health
officials commented.
The chemicals will be shipped to
H. G. Willis of Smyrna who will be
in charge of mixing the spray and
distributing it, Mr. DuBois said.
The meeting was closed with
prayer by the Rev. R. H. Jack
son, pastor of the Free Will Bap
tist Church, Davis.
Principal Names
Valedictorian
G. T. Windcll, principal of More
head City High School, today an
nounced that Miss Ann Swanson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Swanson, 304 S. 14th St.. Morehead
City, is valedictorian of the senior
class.
David Small, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Small, route 1 Morehead City,
is salutatorian. Mr. Small is also
class president.
Commencement will be held at
8 p.m. Tuesday. June 1 in the
school auditorium. Dr. Leo Jenk
ins, dean of East Carolina College,
will speak.
Marshals for commencement
have also been announced. They
are Juniors who have been select
ed on the basis of scholarship.
They are Ann Hardy, chief: Car
olyn Guthrie, James B. Willis,
Louise White, Billy I.aughton, Nor
man Larkee, Geraldine Hedgcock,
and" Bill Murrill. Alternates are
Bradie Lewis and Lynne Rich
ardson.
A change has been made in
speakers for the baccalaureate
sermon. The speaker will be Dr.
Stewart Newman, professor of
philosophy of religion. Southeast
ern Seminary, Wake Forest.
It waa previously announced that
Dr. Edward A. McDowell of South
eastern Seminary would apeak.
The baccalaureate service will be
held Sunday, May 90 at S p.m. la
the school auditorium.
Betaraa from Korea
Cpl. James Harris, USMC, 1718
Arendell St.. Morehead City, waa
among the 442 veterana of the First
Marine Aircraft Wing to dock ?t
San Francisco recently. The veter
ans arrived aboard the VSNS Ge?
eral E. D. Patrirck from Korea.
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